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Once he wasArthur Douglas, a so-so jazz musician, as I recall. He ended up dying next to a burning car in the desert betweenVegas andReno. He was my father. I was with him that time, also. But death wasn't the end for dad, just the terrible beginning. There was this cosmic entity namedKronos who needed a champion to keepThanos in line. He grabbed my dad's soul and used it to animate his hero. So pop became the lumbering behemoth known as Drax the Destroyer. I guess even back then part of me still loved the guy. Didn't stop me, though, from killing him a second time.

Early Life[]

Heather Douglas was the daughter ofYvette andArthur Douglas. The family shared a seemingly ordinary life prior to a fateful encounter that would change their destinies forever.^[36] While the family was driving back from vacation across theMojave Desert fromLas Vegas toLos Angeles, their car passed beneath a spacecraft belonging to theMad TitanThanos, who was on a covert surveillance mission toEarth. Fearing that the vehicle's passengers might have seen his ship, Thanos destroyed the automobile with an energy blast and landed to confirm their deaths. Yvette and Arthur were both killed in the attack, but Heather survived.^[1] Alone, she was found by theEternalMentor, who took her to his home,Titan. However, since he couldn't raise her himself, he left her to be raised by thePriests of Pama of the Shao-Lom monastery.^[4][37]

While there, Heather studied theTitans' ways and disciplines to perfect her physical prowess and unlock her latent psychic potential. She far exceeded expectations and pushed her training to areas beyond her teachers' expertise without telling them. In a deep meditation state, she encountered theDragon of the Moon, an evil entity responsible for the destruction of countless civilizations and who was now hoping to find a vessel to escape. With great effort, Douglas was able to confront it and, in her arrogance, thought she had put a full stop to his plans, but a portion of its being had actually seeped into her mind. Little by little, the Dragon of the Moon began corrupting Douglas and slowly she acquired a god complex. Upon finishing her formal studies, she took the nameMoondragon in commemoration of her perceived victory. Later, when Thanos attacked Titan, destroying the monastery, Moondragon was once again the sole survivor. Seeking vengeance, she then escaped in her spaceship and fled toEarth.^[4][38]

Avengers[]

Back on her homeworld, she began assessing Earth's defenses: Calling herself "Madame MacEvil", she forcedIron Man to battleNamor until her ship crashed into the ocean.^[3][4]

Realizing she had an ally in Iron Man and the KreeMar-Vell, both stationed in theUS, Moondragon decided to stay there, studying the locals. In time, she came to believe thatSan Francisco was controlled by Thanos, and used Titanian technology to empower individuals that would help her "cleanse" the city, among themAngar the Screamer, but once she metDaredevil and read his mind, she realized the error of her actions.^[4] The duo then fought to fix Moondragon's mistakes and, after enlisting the help ofBlack Widow and Mar-Vell, they succeeded in their endeavor.^[39] During this time, Daredevil and Moondragon became infatuated with each other, but Douglas pushed him away, claiming they were on different levels from one another.^[10]

Next in her ongoing search for allies against Thanos, Moondragon joined Mar-Vell to meet his hero friends, theAvengers, and soon after they got there everyone was transported by Thanos to Titan to avoid postponing their confrontation any longer. Thanos, who was at the time holding the reality-bendingCosmic Cube, easily defeated the heroes and ascended to godhood.^[40] Nonetheless, the heroes kept fighting and thanks to Mar-Vell andDrax the Destroyer (actually Moondragon's father reborn), Thanos was defeated.^[41] In time, Moondragon would also learn of Drax's origin.^[42]

Afterwards, Moondragon felt she was needed on Earth^[43] and paid the Avengers a visit.^[44] She soon found herself as one of the candidates to be the "Celestial Madonna", who was prophesied to give birth to a universal savior, but she ultimately lost toMantis, much to her disgust.^[45] Afterwards, she remained with the Avengers in a probationary position,^[46] eventually meetingPatricia Walker, who became the heroine Hellcat.^[47] Even though Walker wanted to join the Avengers, Moondragon convinced her to accompany her to Titan and be trained instead, so neither woman joined the team, something which some members considered a blessing due to Moondragon's arrogance and attitude of superiority.^[27]

Moondragon was later present when the Avengers confrontedKorvac; her powers allowed her to see into his mind while they fought, and she sympathized with him, staying out of the battle until Korvac became dejected and committed suicide.^[29]

New Defenders[]

Moondragon left Earth with her father and found a planet consumed by war, so she decided to take mental control of all its inhabitants to force them to live in peace. This caused her to believe herself to be like a goddess. When Drax confronted her, she killed him with her mental powers. The Avengers intervened, andThor took her before a real god — his father,Odin — to be judged.^[24] Odin perceived within Moondragon a stalwart but tainted spirit. He condemned her to wear a magical headband that would reduce her mental powers until she had overcome her arrogance. He also assigned theValkyrie to be her guardian.^[48]

When Valkyrie rejoined theDefenders, Moondragon was forced to go along.^[48] She soon discovered that the Dragon of the Moon had been influencing her all along. She managed to reject it fully, and for the first time, started to gain friends in the team; eventually, the headband came loose by itself.^[49] Unfortunately, soon after she was infected with mutated spores and started to die; the Dragon appeared again and told her it could save her life, but only if she agreed to be its host. She accepted, and, now an evil being, battled the Defenders, until four of them sacrificed themselves to kill both her and the Dragon.^[50][51]

Back to Life[]

Moondragon's soul somehow survived and was set adrift, but she finally found sanctuary in the mind of her closest living relative, her cousinPamela. Moondragon established contact with her and convinced her to take her old spaceship to Titan, where the supercomputerISAAC was already creating a clone body that she could inhabit.^[15]

After the baby completed gestation, Moondragon's mind was transferred to her, and Pamela began traveling the galaxy with her.^[19] However, as the months went by, Moondragon's cloned body matured at an accelerated rate, but not fast enough to suit her. An encounter with the living nebula,Cloud, who had also been a Defender, angered Moondragon, and her jealousy towards the growing intimacy between Pamela and the TitanDemeityr only made things worse. Thus, she mentally assaulted them and began projecting her image as her adult self.^[52]

After having Moondragon in her head for so long, Pamela had developed some powers, but even that wasn't enough to stop her, and Moondragon teleported them outside to die in the vacuum of space. Luckily, Cloud saved them and then used her powers to activate the rest of Pamela's dormant powers, and to give her a new form. Now calling herself Sundragon, Pamela forgave Heather for her mistakes and told her to grow into her projected form, then left for parts unknown.^[52]

After QuasarWendell Vaughn was appointed Protector of the Universe, Moondragon insinuated herself into his life. She was convinced that, in time, Quasar would realize they were eminently qualified to be the universe's most cosmic coupling. Quasar, however, asserted that qualifications have nothing to do with feelings and rebuffed her. She eventually got the message and lost interest in him.^[53][54]

WhenAdam Warlock sought people to help him safeguard theInfinity Gems, he chose Moondragon to keep theMind Gem, but only after erecting safeguards so she could not exploit the gem's full power. Still, she agreed to join his team, theInfinity Watch.^[55] During this time, Heather felt guilty and troubled over the fact that her father Drax had been brought back to life with a challenged mental state due to the conditions in which Heather had killed him, especially as the brute showed signs of remembering his past life as a sax player.^[56] Later, Heather fell into a coma during a fight with the evil villain namedDomitian.^[57] While she lay dormant, her Infinity Gem was stolen byRune and she was relieved of her Infinity Watch duties.^[58] Still in her coma, she astrally projected inside Drax's mind, where the two summoned Drax's creator,Kronos, and demanded he restore Drax's intelligence. When Kronos refused due to Thanos not being a present threat, Heather attacked him, but he quickly overpowered her. Angered, Drax lashed out and fought until he remembered Heather was his daughter. Moved by their selflessness, Kronos restored Drax's mind and healed Heather's body, requiring Drax to give up some of his strength for Heather and her to give up some of her mental power for Drax. He reassured his daughter he wouldn't seek revenge over his death, knowing her conscience had tortured her enough.^[59]

Helping Genis and Marlo[]

Moondragon later became an associate ofGenis-Vell (the son of the late Mar-Vell), determined to help him control his cosmic awareness.^[60] However, Genis proved to be very impulsive and impatient when it came to learning how to improve his control over his powers, so Moondragon secretly placed psychic dampers in his mind. She eventually came clean about it, in order to continue his training.^[61]

During this time, she metMarlo Chandler, the wife ofRick Jones (whom Genis was bonded to),^[62] and, after it was revealed that she had been merged with the entityDeath, Moondragon told her she had nowhere else to go and asked her if she could stay with her. In reality, she just wanted to monitor any effects of her time merged with Death, which, as she expected, eventually caused trouble that forced Moondragon to intervene.^[63][64] What Moondragon didn't expect was that the two would grow emotionally close, something that resulted in the two sharing a passionate kiss.^[65]

When Rick found out about it, the couple decided to take a break as Marlo and Moondragon left together to try and figure out their feelings for one another.^[11]

Marlo slowly realized that Rick was still the first person she thought of in times of need,^[66] and eventually she and Moondragon broke up.^[67] Heartbroken, Moondragon lied to her and Rick by telling them she had subconsciously used her telepathy to enamor Marlo, hoping that this would make it easier for them to patch things up. Genis' sisterPhyla overheard the whole thing and, knowing the truth, told Moondragon she thought it was charming, proceeding to invite her to defend the galaxy by her side.^[68] The two later attended the trial ofStarfox together.^[69]

Annihilation Wars[]

Some time later, Phyla's brother was killed.^[70] While Moondragon and Phyla-Vell were visiting the graves of Genis and Mar-Vell, Thanos appeared and kidnapped Moondragon.^[16] He then used her to readAnnihilus' mind, learning that the Lord of theNegative Zone intended to use the captiveGalactus to destroy all life in both their universe and his dominion. This revelation prompted Thanos to decide to turn against Annihilus and try to free Galactus, but Drax killed him before he could do so.^[8] After a desperate Moondragon explained to Drax that only Thanos was powerful enough to free Galactus and that he had just killed their one chance of winning the war, Drax freed the captiveSilver Surfer and coerced him into releasing his master.^[71] Galactus then teleported them to safety as he destroyed a great portion of theAnnihilation Wave.^[72]

Surviving the Annihilation Wave, Heather and Phyla (nowQuasar) traveled to Titan, where she had her ear regrown.^[37] Then, they decided to help with the rebuilding efforts in theKree Empire, but the peaceful times didn't last, as thePhalanx launched an invasion and erected an impenetrable barrier that blocked the entire empire from the rest of the universe. Because of this, Moondragon and Quasar took on the quest to seek the "savior of the Kree".^[73] Before long, however, Moondragon began suffering severe migraines and sought the council of the Priests of Pama, who confirmed her suspicious that the Dragon of the Moon had returned. She tried to resist, but, after beings seriously injured, she couldn't hold it any longer and had to embrace it, being immediately transformed into a giant dragon. Phyla was frightened at first, and was shocked to learn Heather could never revert back to her human form, but she decided to remain by her lover's side, claiming that their telepathic connection was unshaken and that was more than enough.^[74] After a few more setbacks, they finally found the "savior of the Kree", in the form of Adam Warlock, who was resting in his cocoon.^[75] This perceived victory was ultimately cut short, however, as the leader of the Phalanx,Ultron, caught up to them and killed Moondragon by plunging his arm into her chest.^[76]

Guardians of the Galaxy[]

As part of a plan to give Death a new avatar,Maelstrom manipulated Drax and Phyla into traveling toOblivion to try to bring Heather back to life. They sought Mentor's help and he killed them so their souls would be sent to Oblivion to rescue Heather's. In order to save her lover, Phyla accepted to become the new avatar of Death and rescued Heather from within the Dragon of the Moon with her newfound powers. Heather was subsequently resurrected in a cloned body on Titan, for the second time.^[77] Drax and Phyla (nowMartyr) later rejoined theGuardians of the Galaxy, bringing Moondragon with them.^[21]

With Phyla's apparent death at the hands ofAdam Magus,^[78] Moondragon took it upon herself to become a field agent for the Guardians of the Galaxy. However, she became host to an alien parasite originating ina parallel universe across theFault, a time-space tear created byBlack Bolt'sTerrigen Bomb. She was biometrically cuffed byCynosure, who intended to have the creature tried for killing one of her fellowLuminals. To make things worse, members of theUniversal Church of Truth kidnapped Moondragon and Cynosure, seeing the parasite as a god whom they intended to birth. Luckily, the Guardians and Luminals mounted a joint rescue attempt and extracted the two. With the help ofKnowhere's medical staff, they were able to remove the organism from Moondragon. During these experiences, Moondragon had visions of a cocoon and Phyla being alive.^[79] Sadly, Phyla was killed by a resurrected Thanos, which caused Heather to lash out at him beforeStar-Lord subdued the Mad Titan with aCosmic Cube.^[80]

Despite wanting Thanos dead, Moondragon assistedMantis in keeping the Mad Titan in check while probing his mind to find out why he had returned to the world of the living. After Adam Magus detonated the Church converted worlds to open the Fault further, Thanos managed to escape captivity and attacked the Guardians,^[81] but was soon subdued again. Afterwards, the Guardians decided to take Thanos to the universe on the far side of the Fault in order to stop its invasion of their reality.^[82] They ultimately succeeded in their endeavor, but it cost them the lives of Drax, Star-Lord, and Nova.^[83]

Moondragon, Mantis, andBug left the Guardians and eventually joined a new team called theKnowhere Corps. They apprehendedYotat the Destroyer after the Guardians had dealt with him.^[84] The team seemingly disbanded with the destruction of Knowhere,^[85] which theBlack Order stole in order to attack the reading of the last will and testament of Thanos.^[86]

Not long afterward, Heather came to learn that a more heroic alternate counterpart ofherself fromReality-18897 had become displaced to her reality. In addition to having joined the Guardians of the Galaxy, Heather discovered that this Moondragon was accompanied by her world's own version ofPhyla-Vell. Fueling Heather's feelings of abandonment and inadequacy, the Dragon of the Moon corrupted Heather and pushed her to seek out this other version of herself.^[87] When the Guardians of the Galaxy split up over Star-Lord's apparent death during a mission against theOlympians,Gamora formedher own Guardians team to return to their mercenary ways, and Moondragon joined it.^[88]

The team's first mission, an assignment forCastor Gnawbarque III, pitted the two Guardians teams against each other.^[88] Moondragon took advantage of this clash to personally confront her counterpart out of spite and out of jealousy. The heroic Moondragon was victorious in their duel of the mind, but she decided to merge with her counterpart as a way to console her by sharing everything she had.^[87]

This gesture caused the other Moondragon's Phyla-Vell to become distant toward the composite Moondragon, since she felt uncomfortable that her wife's soul had merged with somebody that was virtually a stranger to her,^[89] and didn't know where "her" Heather ended and the other one began.^[90] During the Guardians' final fight against the Olympians, who were heralded by the returned Star-Lord, Moondragon was telepathically attacked byHermes. Managing to enter into Moondragon's mindscape, Phyla professed that she wished to know and love the entirety of the new Moondragon, both patching up their relationship and giving Moondragon the necessary boost to defeat Hermes.^[91]

She was stated to have a "planetary" threat level by theNova Corps.^[93]

• Telepathy: Douglas possesses the ability to contact sentient minds both organic and mechanical based, as well as cosmic beings such as Galactus. Her telepathic abilities include mind control, mental attacks, mental shielding, personality alteration,memory erasure, andmemory modification.^[25] Douglas telepathic range is almost limitless, as she is able to contact minds across a solar system without enhancement devices such as Xavier'sCerebro.^{[citation needed]}
  • Telepathic Illusions: Heather can generate extremely convincing telepathic illusions.memory modification.^[25] These illusions are capable even of trickingWolverine's enhanced senses.^[94]
  • Mind Control: Heather Douglas is an extraordinary telepath, most notable during her complete mental enslavement of an entire warring planet of people.^[95]
• Telekinesis: Douglas's telekinetic range is low to moderate as she can only demonstrated the ability to levitate herself and a few others at the same time.
  • Telekinetic Flight: Douglas can "push" her telekinetic ability on herself to attain flight.^[25]
  • Concussive Blasts: Douglas can use her telekinesis offensively as powerful concussive blasts.^[25]
  • Force Field: Moondragon can create containment force fields.^[96]
• Dragon Form: For a time, Moondragon gained the ability to assume the form of her namesake: A superhumanlystrong anddurable dragon, capable of faster-than-light speed travel andsurviving in outer space without air.^[97] It is unknown whether or not she retains this ability.

• Genius Scientist: Douglas is an expert in various advanced Titanian sciences as well as Earth human sciences. She was able to give powers toRamrod andAngar the Screamer,^[4] and was able to giveDaredevil his eyesight back.^[98]
• Master Martial Artist: Douglas is a superb alien hand-to-hand combatant, trained by the Titanian monks of Shao-Lom who were veteran practitioners in martial arts.^[25] Having trained herself to be as strong as one of her size and weight can be without having superhuman strength, Douglas is well versed in pressure points. She has even defeatedMantis,^[99]Psylocke,^[100] andCaptain America^[101] in hand-to-hand combat.
• Aviation: Douglas is a skilled starship pilot.^[3][25]
• Nervous System Control: Mental and physical disciplines gave her improved control over her autonomic body functions, including those of heartbeat, bleeding, breathing, and pain reception.^[5][25]
• Peak Human Condition: Moondragon has reached the peak physical condition for a human being, as observed by theXandarian Worldmind.^[102]

• Concentration: Most of Douglas' superhuman abilities are based on her ability to concentrate.^[25] If Douglas is distracted or unable to focus her mind to accomplish an event, she can be rendered completely mentally powerless, as shown when Rick Jones held her captive with a pair of headphones pumping heavy metal tracks.^[103]

• Heather's hair color as a child was originally blonde,^[4] although more recent retellings of her origin have depicted her hair with a darker tone.^[104][105]

• Just likeMantis, Heather was also a candidate to become the "Celestial Madonna", but failed, since she didn't live as a true human.^[45]

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